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Accelerating Greenland Ice Melt 🚩
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: July 21, 2022, 12:17 pm
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[center]A 'Not Normal' Amount Of Greenland's Ice Melted Last
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So much ice melted in northern Greenland last weekend that the
newly melted water could cover the entire state of West Virginia
with one foot of water. Yes, you read that correctly. Even given
the increasingly rapid melting of Greenland Ice, the 6 billion
tons of water that melted each day July 15–17 is "not normal,"
according to Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the
National Snow and Ice Data Center at the University of Colorado,
told CNN.
While the UK and continental Europe sweltered under deadly heat,
Kutalmis Saylam, a Univ. of Texas research scientist stationed
in Greenland said, "It definitely worries me … yesterday we
could wander around in our t-shirts." Climate change, mainly
caused by the extraction and combustion of fossil fuels is
accelerating glacier and sea ice melt (in Greenland and
elsewhere
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previously predicted. "The chance of temperatures getting this
hot is clearly linked to global warming," Univ. of Copenhagen
climate scientist Aslak Grinsted told CNN. (CNN, CNN; Climate
Signals background: Glacier and ice sheet melt, Sea level rise,
Sea ice decline, Arctic amplification)
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In that regard, The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, the
proposed Shumer/Manchin bill, is a Band-Aid, not a
solution."
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: August 7, 2022, 6:20 pm
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COUNTERPUNCH
AUGUST 5, 2022 BY ROBERT HUNZIKER
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[center]America’s Biggest Reservoirs Hit By
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SNIPPETS:
Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead is dangerously close to dead pool status
for the first time since construction in the mid 1930s. A
vicious hammering drought sequence for over two decades
throughout the West threatens to bring America’s biggest water
reservoir to its knees.
In a word, the implications are
[shadow=red,left][glow=red,2,300]unspeakable[/glow][/shadow].
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Severe drought is now a worldwide phenomenon like never before.
It’s hitting everywhere. According to SPEI Global Drought
Monitor, no continent is spared the ravages of severe drought,
except for Antarctica. Major urban centers in South America
(Santiago) and China (Guangzhou and Shenzhen) and Europe (100 Po
Valley towns) are already rationing or instituting forced
reduction of water usage.
Global heat is on the verge of breaking-out. According to NASA
and NOAA, the planet is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it
did in 2005, which they describe as an “unprecedented increase
amid the climate crisis.” NASA describes this trend as “quite
alarming.”
All of which leads to a conclusion that foolhardy use of fossil
fuels has created a heat-machine. The evidence of the
heat-machine is found by the fact that the planet is trapping
twice as much heat as 17 years ago. That’s an off–the-charts
data point that should send shivers down anyone’s spine.
For evidence of the heat-machine’s powerful impact, as of June
2022, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation was forced to adopt
emergency measures to restrict drawdowns, instructing the seven
Colorado River Basin states to reduce water usage by 2-4 million
acre-feet over the next 18 months. As for recreational purposes,
5 of 6 boating ramps are now closed.
Such an emergency never happened throughout the dam’s 88-year
history, until now. Something’s different, something’s wrong.
What’s next for America’s important reservoirs? Is dead pool
next? 😵
Dead pool occurs when water in a reservoir drops so low that it
cannot flow downstream the dam. America’s two largest
reservoirs, Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam and Lake Powell behind
Glen Canyon Dam are interconnected and at high risk
of[glow=rmaroone,2,300][shadow=maroon,left] dead
pool[/shadow][/glow].
The risks impact all of America, as 40 million people and 4-5
million acres of farmland depend upon the reservoirs for
electric power and/or drinking and irrigation. Furthermore, the
seven states of the Colorado Basin in large measure “feed the
country.” California alone produces 33% of the country’s
vegetables and 67% of the country’s fruits and nuts.
Lake Mead dead pool is 895 feet and minimum power pool 1,000
feet; its current elevation is 1,041 feet.
Lake Powell dead pool is 3,370 feet and minimum power pool 3,490
feet; its current elevation is 3,536 feet.
Minimum power pool is defined as water reservoir levels so low
that turbines start losing capacity to produce power as they
start to take on air along with water. Unless shut down, the
turbines will suffer damage.
These massive reservoirs have steadily shrunk in concert with
the relentless impact of the worst drought for the American West
in over 1,000 years, now down to 1,041.30 feet for Lake Mead, as
of July 18, 2022 (U.S. Bureau of Reclamation).
But, of even more concern, alarmingly and suddenly Lake Mead
dropped 22 feet and Lake Powell dropped 40 feet in 2021 alone
much, much faster than ever forecast. California, Nevada,
Arizona and others must make big cuts to their allocations or
dead pool will become reality. Nobody expected this so soon.
It should be noted that the reservoirs are shaped like giant
martini glasses, thereby narrowing with depth. This feature, in
part, explains Lake Mead dropping 22 feet in one year and Lake
Powell 40 feet. Nevertheless, Lake Mead at 1,041 feet is only 41
feet away from minimum power pool and Lake Powell at 3,526 feet
only 46 feet from minimum power pool. Yikes!
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This horror story of failing reservoirs that provide crucial
power and water for dense population centers and key
agricultural regions represents an inexcusable failure by
leadership in government and business to listen to warnings from
scientists for four decades, ever since James Hansen
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1981-2013,
testified before the Senate in 1988 that the greenhouse effect
had been detected, indicating the climate system was changing,
not for the better. That testimony was remarkably prophetic.
Full article:
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🚩 Extreme Heat Uncovers Lost Villages, Ancient Ruins and
Shipwrecks
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: August 15, 2022, 4:52 pm
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August 13, 2022 Bloomberg By Kevin Simauchi
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(Bloomberg) –Extreme heat 🌡️ 😓 this year
has triggered wildfires, drought and melting glaciers. Less
expectedly, it’s also revealed some weird and dark things about
our past—shipwrecks, corpses, ghost villages, ornamental gardens
and ancient cities. Here’s a look at some of those discoveries.
Roman Remains
Italy’s drought has revealed artifacts from World War II and a
glimpse of life under Nero.
Months without rain and an earlier-than usual halt in flows from
melting snow in the Alps depleted the River Po—Italy’s longest
river—to its lowest level in 70 years. The dried-up riverbed
revealed previously hidden World War II-era wreckage such as a
German tank and cargo ships.
In Rome, meanwhile, drought sapped the River Tiber and unveiled
a bridge that’s thought to have been built during Emperor Nero’s
rule. This summer’s extremely hot and dry conditions in Italy
forced the government to declare a state of emergency in July.
Spanish Ghost Village
A town stuck in the early 1990s has re-emerged in Galicia,
Spain.
Aceredo, a village near Spain’s border with Portugal, was
flooded in 1992 to make room for the Alto Lindoso reservoir. In
February—about 30 years later—drought re-exposed the small town.
Soon, tourists began flocking to see a place frozen in time.
Scientists expect Galicia to continue suffering from extreme dry
spells. “Rainfall and drought patterns are always more complex,
more difficult to predict scientifically,” said Jofre Carnicer,
Barcelona-based climate researcher and an author of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s sixth assessment.
“The risk of drought in the next decades in this area will
increase.”
Grim ☠️ Discoveries
Lake Mead unveils a creepy collection of the desert’s history.
Some US reservoirs that should’ve brimmed with snowmelt in the
spring instead had bathtub rings of dry dirt, including Lake
Mead. The lake fell this year to a record low.
Lake Mead—the massive reservoir at the iconic Hoover Dam—has
shrunk to a fraction of its former self to become a site of
ghoulish curiosity.
Visitors have come across everything from sunken boats to dead
bodies. “We could find everything from a missing jet ski to more
bodies,” said Michael Green, an associate professor of history
at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. “As the water recedes,
we will find more.”
The human remains discovered at the site include a body in a
barrel, according to the US National Park Service. The cause of
death is under investigation.
Officials with the Clark County Office of the Coroner/Medical
Examiner and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
declined to comment further.
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The Stern of Ernest Shackleton's ship "Endurance," Photo by
Esther Horvath / Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust
Shackleton’s Wreckage
Scientific expedition c r a c k e d a cold case in Antarctic
ice.
On Feb. 25, Antarctic sea ice cover shrank to a satellite-era
record low level—which may have helped solve one of the greatest
mysteries in maritime history. Around that time, a crew set off
on a research vessel from South Africa to the depths of the
Weddell Sea, a remote area of the Antarctic coastline, to
locate, survey and film the wreckage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s
ship Endurance. The exact whereabouts of the famous explorer’s
ship was long unknown; it had been trapped and crushed by thick
Antarctic sea ice in 1915.
Read Also: Ernest Shackleton’s Ship Endurance Discovered Deep
Beneath Antarctic Ice
The 35-day mission was tough. The team had to navigate choppy
waters and still quite a bit of frozen hazards despite ice
extent being below average. Using an autonomous vehicle, the
wreck was found more than 3,000 meters (9,843 feet) underwater.
Secret Garden
UK heat wave has unearthed a florid 17th century landscape.
Extreme summertime heat in Britain has scorched the south lawn
at a historic home in central England, revealing a hidden 17th
century garden. Broad, ornate patterns can be seen on the lawn
at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.
Dubbed the Great Parterre, the extensive garden dates to 1699
and was once filled with flowerbeds and paths. By 1730, the
ornate landscape was grassed over and because the new lawn has
shorter roots it burns more quickly. On July 26, Chatsworth
logged a temperature of 38.1? (100.6?)—this was the highest on
record for more than 100 years, according to information on the
historic home’s site.
Mesopotamian Treasure
A Bronze-Age empire’s urban center has reappeared in Iraq.
From a dried-up area of Iraq’s Mosul reservoir this year, the
ruins of an extensive, ancient city surfaced. A team of Kurdish
and German archeologists rushed to investigate the site of
Kemune, an ancient city on the Tigris River that flourished
under the Mitanni Empire from 1550 to 1350 B.C.—during the
Bronze Age.
The research team found ceramic vessels reportedly containing
more than 100 cuneiform tablets. The discovery could provide
more details about the end of the Mitanni-period city and the
start of Assyrian rule in the region. “It is close to a miracle
that cuneiform tablets made of unfired clay survived so many
decades under water,” said University of Tübingen Professor
Peter Pfälzner, who was part of the rescue excavations at
Kemune, in a press release.
Hunting Relics
Melting glaciers have uncovered millennium-old artifacts in
Norway.
In the high mountains of Norway, odd artifacts uncovered by
glacial archaeologist Lars Pilø and his team at the Glacier
Archaeology Program included a woolen tunic from the Iron Age as
well as a Roman-style shoe and a well-preserved arrow with
fletching still attached from the years 300 to 600. The arrow is
a relic from a reindeer hunting site.
“With the continued melt of high mountain ice, we expect to see
more sites appearing and even older finds melting out,” said
Pilø, whose team has found thousands of Iron Age and the Early
Medieval Period items from ice sites across Norway over the last
15 years. “We are melting back in time, as the ice retreats.”
— With assistance by Ngai Yeung
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🚩Sea Surface Temperature Data
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: August 18, 2022, 5:47 pm
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Re: 🚩 Global Climate Chaos ☠️ 👉
Population GROWING in 🔥 Wildfire Prone Regions
🤦‍♂️
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: August 31, 2022, 4:09 pm
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by EMILY SCHMIDT | August 19, 2022 (California Fire pictures by
AGelbert)
[center]INSURANCE AFLAME: COVERAGE INEQUITIES RAGE AS POPULATION
GROWS IN WILDFIRE
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SNIPPETS:
Northern California is currently ablaze with numerous wildfires,
including the deadly McKinney Fire in Siskiyou County that
burned more than 60,000 acres and killed four people.
As of August 15, the National Interagency Fire Center cites more
than 5.9 million acres burned in over 42,000 fires just this
year—already surpassing total acreage burned in 2019 (4.6
million) and quickly approaching that of 2021 (7.1 million).
A 2015 study
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confirmed that fire
seasons have lengthened by more than a month in parts of the
western U.S. compared to 35 years ago. ... ...
Meanwhile, adequate insurance for wildfire damage appears to be
harder to come by in recent years.
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The burning risk of moving west
A 2022 report by the National League of Cities states that
between 1990 and 2010, there was a 41% increase in the number of
new homes built where wildfire risks are most glaring.
Dr. Susan Prichard, a forest ecologist at the University of
Washington, said one reason for the migration west is the strong
“cabin in the woods mystique.”
“People come into eastern Washington, and they build within a
fire excluded forest. They might know that a wildfire is kind of
a scary possibility,” she said. “But that green screen of
privacy to make their one acre feel pretty big is enticing.”
Population change by county, 2010-2020
An estimated 45% of U.S. counties experienced an increase in
population. Utah (17.6%), Texas (16.7%) and Idaho (16.5%) had
the largest population increase by state.
Many counties with a high risk for wildfires saw population
growth, which is [size=14pt]dangerous for counties that already
had large populations to begin with. [/size] ... ...
And even where a risk score may not be very high, expansive and
deadly
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/>wildfires have and may still occur, depending on a variety of
factors from year to year.
Average fire risk score of all US properties by county
Scores less than 2 represent a minimal chance of a property in
that county burning in a wildfire (<1%) over 30 years. Scores of
2-5 represent a minor to moderate chance of burning (1-9%).
Scores of 5-8 represent a major to severe chance of burning
(9-26%) and Scores greater than 8 represent an extreme chance of
burning (>26%).
Full article with Interactive Maps of USA Population Increase
2010-2020 AND Fire Risk by county:
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🚩 Extreme 🌡️➕🔥 coming for
California 😬
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 1, 2022, 1:33 pm
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September 1, 2022
[center]Record, Grid, Health-Threatening Heat Coming For
California[/center]
As a massive heatwave spreads across California and the Western
U.S., officials are warning of both rolling blackouts and
increased wildfire activity. Temperatures as much as 20°F above
normal are expected to remain through the weekend and the
California electrical grid operator (CAISO) to reduce their
electricity consumption to ease strain on the grid as air
conditioning drives up demand. CAISO also said customers should
"avoid charging electric vehicles" during periods of high strain
on the grid.
Gov. Newsom also declared a state of emergency, which will allow
the use of backup diesel generators and pauses requirements that
ships plug into ports' electricity. While the measures will help
keep the lights on, they will also increase air pollution, the
danger of which is compounded by extreme heat.
Wildfires
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/>on Wednesday already forced evacuations across the state and
officials worry and expect the heat will fuel increased
[size=18pt]🔥 fire activity[/size].
Not only does the heat dry out vegetation, it also increases the
strain on firefighters doing physically demanding work while
carrying heavy gear. House 🐘 GOP Whip 🦕😈
Steve Scalise criticized CAISO's statement about EV charging,
which comes a week after CARB declared all new cars sold in
California by 2035 must be EVs
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AP, CNN, San Francisco Chronicle, NPR, Bloomberg $, Reuters, New
York Times $, Yahoo; State of Emergency: AP; Health risks: The
Guardian; Fires: AP, Sacramento Bee $, KCRA Sacramento; EV
charging: USA Today, ABC-10, Washington Examiner, Fox News;
Climate Signals background: Extreme heat and heatwaves,
Wildfires)
Read more: 😬
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Re: 🚩 Global Climate Chaos ☠️
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 4, 2022, 2:59 pm
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Re: 🚩 Global Climate Chaos ☠️
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 9, 2022, 1:04 pm
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No Paris Agreement ENFORCEMENT TEETH 'ticket', NO Paris
Agreement 'laundry' = BIG FAIL
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 16, 2022, 1:03 pm
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CleanTechnica
September 16, 2022 By U.S. Department of Energy (Emojies and
other graphics by AGelbert)
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Much of the world’s efforts to mitigate the effects of climate
change hinge
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is the first
to provide scientific evidence assessing how effective
governments will be at implementing their commitments to the
agreement that will reduce CO2 emissions causing climate change.
AGelbert NOTE: The following video, which is included in this
article, is irrationally optimistic:
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The research reveals that the countries with the boldest pledges
are also the most likely to achieve their goals. Europe takes
the lead with the strongest commitments that are also the most
credible; however, findings suggest the U.S., despite having a
less ambitious commitment under Paris, is not expected to
[b]meet its pledges[/b]. ... ...
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A subset of survey responses from eight countries plus the EU
were selected for being most relevant to climate mitigation
policy. They rate Europe’s goals, or Nationally Determined
Contributions (NDC), as the most ambitious and credible. Europe
is followed by China, Australia, South Africa and India. The
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/>U.S. and
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/>🦖 Brazil come in last place in the credibility
category
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/>and second to last, after 🦖 Saudi Arabia, in terms of
ambition.
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Victor added, “Our results indicate that the framework of the
agreement is working pretty well.
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/>The Paris Agreement is getting countries to make ambitious
pledges; last year nearly all countries updated those pledges
and made them even more ambitious. What’s needed next is better
systems for checking to see whether countries are actually
delivering what they promise.”
AGelbert NOTE: Talk is cheap. Finding out who is delivering on
pledges will do NOTHING to force any country to deliver on them.
WHY? BECAUSE, thanks to MOSTLY the US, but also China, Russia,
India and most of Europe, the Paris Agreement has ZERO pledge
enforcement teeth. 🥺😠
Surveys where respondents were asked to rate their home country
were categorized by continent to elicit the most candid
responses possible. In this analysis, experts from North
American countries were the most pessimistic about their
pledges, both in their drive and ability to achieve climate
goals in the agreement.
Full article:
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AGelbert COMMENT:
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[move]IOW, The Paris Agreement falls WOEFULLY SHORT of what MUST
be DONE to avoid the FOLLOWING:[/move]
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🌀🌊 pummel Puerto Rico and Alaska
DIR By: AGelbert
Date: September 19, 2022, 4:08 pm
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September 19, 2022
[center][size=24pt]🌀🌊 pummel Puerto Rico and
Alaska[/size][/center]
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Puerto Rico Hammered By
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/>Fiona, Entire ⚡ Grid Down: Hurricane Fiona dumped
catastrophic flooding on Puerto Rico over the weekend, knocking
out the entire island's electrical grid and dropping as much as
30 inches :o of rain. Electricity was out across the island by
2pm ET Sunday, even before Fiona made official landfall at about
3:20 pm ET near Punta Tocon. Understanding the scope of the
devastation will take days, if not weeks, as rivers ripped
bridges from their moorings.
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/>Fiona hit Puerto Rico just two days before the five-year
anniversary of Hurricane Maria, the deadliest disaster in the
U.S. in the last century, due in part to the previous
administration’s racist malfeasance. This is the second time in
less than six months the entire colonial territory has been
without electricity. Puerto Rico’s grid reliability has been
shaky for years and last Thursday a senior VP of LUMA — the
private utility that provides power to Puerto Ricans — could not
provide Congress with an estimate of when it would be able to
stabilize the grid and provide reliable electricity. Puerto Rico
does not have voting representatives in Congress and does not
have electoral votes for president. The Category 1 storm, which
is still dumping rain on Puerto Rico, slammed into the Dominican
Republic near Boca de Yuma early this morning and is forecast to
dump up to 12 inches of rain on the eastern and northern parts
of the country. (Washington Post $, Axios, AP, Yale Climate
Connections, NBC Miami, Axios, NPR, CNN, Bloomberg $, Axios, USA
Today, El Nuevo Dia (es), El Nuevo Dia (es), EFE (es), El Nuevo
Dia (es), El Nuevo Dia (es), Bloomberg $, NBC, AccuWeather,
Gizmodo, Weather Channel, ABC, The Hill; Maria Anniversary:
Axios
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/>AP, E&E $; LUMA: San Juan Daily Star
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background: Hurricanes
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EcoWatch
[move]"Avoiding climate breakdown will require cathedral
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exactly how to build the ceiling." – Greta Thunberg[/move]
[move]Hurricane
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Hurricane Fiona dumped catastrophic flooding on Puerto Rico over
the weekend, knocking out the entire island’s electrical grid
and dropping as much as 30 inches of rain.
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Electricity was out across the island by 2pm ET Sunday, even
before Fiona made official landfall at about 3:20 pm ET near
Punta Tocon. Understanding the scope of the devastation will
take days, if not weeks, as rivers ripped bridges from their
moorings.
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'Meteorologically Perfect Storm' Slams Alaska: A massive cyclone
hammered northwestern Alaska over the weekend, sweeping north
through the Bering Strait and flooding coastal communities
following the worst storm in at least 50 years. The
"meteorologically perfect storm," per the Washington Post, was a
"worst-case scenario," NWS climatologist Brian Brettschneider
told Alaska Public Media. Ocean levels in Nome were more than 9
feet above normal early Saturday with the sea pushed onshore by
winds gusting over 70 mph for 11 hours.
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/>Water levels in nearby Golovin were expected to hit as much as
13 feet :o above high tide. Thousands were without electricity,
and the flooding forced evacuation of several coastal
communities. “It’s just a lake everywhere," Job Hale of
Napakiak, told APM. Extratropical storms hitting "early" in the
season are especially dangerous compared to those that occur
later in the year because there is not yet any coastal sea ice
to buffer coastal communities. Alaska Public Media
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